STUDENT COMMENTS
The faculty is outstanding in the business program. They all come from very diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise and bring with them amazing skills. They are well respected and I cannot speak highly enough about them.
I did not attend Business School in an effort to become employable, but rather to learn to make jobs, and sustain them within a sustainable, and profitable, businesses, and charities. I incorporated my first corporation before I even thought of business school as an option.
The University of Washington Business School provides and gives me the opportunity to learn not only from the best professors but also the experiences that they each bring to the classroom. They will try to be available anytime ( nighttime and weekend) when the students need them. They will challenge the students to think critically by assigning cases and projects that occur in the real working environment. In addition, the school provides me the best learning environment and resources that I need in order to be successful in and outside of the university.
The biggest problem I encountered in the program was there was no advanced classes. No class was ever too difficult, and grades were extremely inflated. Professors went out of their way to make sure grades of students stayed high. In the business school, all hiring and extracurricular are done through Beta Alpha Psi, which requires financial investment and forced community service input. Outside of Beta Alpha Psi, the school offered little to the accounting majors.
I believe that the UW Business school is a real diamond in the rough in the sense that the world-class faculty, students, and educational program can be overshadowed by our aging facilities. I believe the Business School has now raised enough private funds to begin construction of a new building very shortly, and I have no doubt that once that is complete the UW Business School will be recognized as one of if not the top public business school in the country.
The University of Washington Business School has exceeded all of my expectations. I have developed leadership skills, became a better speaker, gained valuable contacts, made many new friends, and feel prepared and ready to enter into a dynamic business world.
In my opinion, lack of significant racial diversity at the university is a prominent problem. So far I have taken seven accounting cources in the past two years and during all these time I was the only African American in the class. It was real hard for me to find a group when group projects were assigned and overall that made my learning experience at the University more difficult than it should have been.
Though there isn't a business-specific career services office, B-school clubs like Dow Dawgs Finance Association serve as a gateway to careers, firms, and professionals better than any career services desk could.
I feel that I have been well prepared to compete in the job market. I have had access to plenty of resources to ensure post-graduation employment. This business school produces students capable of competing with the likes of Wharton and other top-ranked schools. Our lack of exposure to the East Coast and N.Y.-based firms is the one of the only limiting factors keeping our graduates from reaching our full potential. I would hope that more N.Y.-based firms send recruiters out West to see what the UWBS has to offer.
The classes that I take have come short of my expectations. Much more is focused on some group projects without the actual backbone of the subject being taught. I have spent more time and energy trying to cope with group project disasters that I do not feel like I have learned anything substantial. The required classes we have to take are usually taught by professors who do not understand the mentality of an undergraduate. They instead try to explain material that is too sophisticated without really just teaching.
The accounting program at the University of Washington is amazing. Beta Alpha Psi the accounting program has been especially helpful in networking with accounting firms and job placement.
Although some teachers have not been up to par regarding what I would expect from my business school, the majority have been really great.
Our program is based too much on text material and very little of real life application.
Had a fantastic time, the caliber of the students was outstanding. The school was an entrepreneurially focused place where I could challenge myself.
The University of Washington Business Program has been an amazing experience for me. The level of knowledge from not only professors, but students as well, has enriched my business education dramatically. The networking opportunities within the program and fantastic student support have made my experience one that I will never forget. I believe I will be very successful in the program and will continue to give back over the years.
Class size is small (40 students on average) once a student is admitted into the business school. There are many extracurricular activities available to students, especially in the form of clubs and recruiting fairs, workshops, and events with local employers. As long as students are motivated, a number of great resources are there for them to find. We also have an impressive job/internship finding Web site called HuskyJobs. I have found a number of great opportunities through the site, from lucrative nannying positions to get you through the year to internships with big-name firms like Deloitte and Procter & Gamble.
The program is structured in a way that you can get as much as you want to put into it. The requirements allow for flexibility in choosing a more customized degree to get the skills you want, i.e. you can take a lot of excellent elective courses in addition to the strong core courses to round you out as job candidate.
The biggest thing that sticks out in my mind is the disrepair of the current Business School and the lack of technology. It's hard to become a top-rated business program with poor facilities and limited access to technology.
The only downside to the program that I can see is the building. It is an old outdated building.
The networking opportunities with students and companies were greater than expected.
What has made the greatest difference in studying at UW is the flexibility in customizing my education. I have studied abroad and interned abroad, both times contributing invaluably to my education and I was able to receive credit towards my degree as well.
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